The BPPA’s Press Photographer of the Year Competition 2022
We’re delighted to announce that The BPPA’s Press Photographer of the Year will be open for entries on Monday 16th January.
The format remains the same, ten categories to enter including an essay category to highlight the work of photographers following the death of Queen Elizabeth II. And once entries are closed judging by members of The BPPA will follow before The BPPA board meet to judge the overall ‘Press Photographer of the Year’ from the category winners.
Paul Ellis, Chair of The BPPA said “I’m very excited for the return of The BPPA’s Press Photographer of the Year competition, now in its third year of running. The competition has shown the best of British press photography and after an extraordinarily busy and exciting year I’m sure the entries will continue being of the highest standard. The turnaround is much quicker this year, with much more coming for members of The BPPA later in the year, so photographers will need to get their entries in promptly.”
The categories :
News Photographer of the Year
News Photographer of the Year
Arts and Entertainment Photographer of the Year
Portrait Photographer of the Year
Royal Photographer of the Year
Business Photographer of the Year
Sport Photographer of the Year (action)
Sport Photographer of the Year (away from the action)
Essay Photographer of the Year
Young Photographer of the Year (under 25s either in full time photography employment or students studying photography at a further education institution)
Replacing the Covid-19 essay category, we introduce – Essay Photographer of the Year – ‘death of a monarch’.
Each entry will consist of a portfolio of upto six images taken between January 1st, 2022 and December 31st, 2022 – with the exception of the two essay categories which will consist of ten images.
It’s a much tighter turnaround this year so get your entires ready!
Timeline:
Mon 16 Jan –Â open for entries to all categories
Sun 22 Jan –Â entries close
Fri 27 Jan –Â voting opens
Tue 31 Jan –Â voting closes
Fri 3 Feb –Â winners announced
Good luck!
